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Why Bradley? Debunking the Myths of the Classic Natural Childbirth Class.
Debunking the myths of Bradley natural childbirth class.
read moreAn Interview with Dr. Tom Brewer
An interview with Dr. Tom Brewer. Originator of the Brewer Pregnancy diet.
read morePathways to a Healthy Birth
A little light reading to help understand how birth hormones work to facilitate birth in a positive way. So in addition to taking a Bradley Natural Childbirth series, and learning how to stay healthy and low risk, you can learn more about how your hormones work and the impact of interventions on birth. Learning what is normal and how to promote that helps you have a healthier experience. Click the link below to learn more, and contact Amy for more information on Bradley classes pathway-to-a-healthy-birth-booklet (Credit: Childbirth...
read moreBirth by the Numbers – update
Want the latest data? Go to: https://www.birthbythenumbers.org/united-states/
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Does your childbirth education class include all of these topics?
Bradley Method Natural Childbirth classes are incredibly comprehensive and include all of the following topics and more! Nutrition Pregnancy exercises How to stay healthy and low risk Choosing a care-provider Choosing a birth place Evidence based maternity care? training your partner Doulas Natural labor techniques 1st stage 2nd stage 3rd stage Comfort measures 36 common interventions Variations on the theme of birth Danger signs Emergencies (prevention/natural resolutions) Medically necessary interventions Breastfeeding Immediate postpartum...
read moreHealthy Babies! Healthy Moms!
(8 ways to help you be healthy and low risk during pregnancy, labor, and birth) By Amy V. Haas, BA, BCCE Pregnancy can be a wonderful and exciting time of life for most women. However, women in the United States receive very little information about how to stay healthy during pregnancy unless they do a lot of individual research. In fact most women don’t realize there is anything they can do to positively impact their health during pregnancy or prevent a high-risk status, with the exception of prenatal care. While proper prenatal care is...
read moreVaginal Breech Birth
BREECH BIRTH A Breech birth is one in which the baby’s buttocks, foot, or feet come out of the mother’s body first, rather that the head. Most babies are born head first, or vertex, as it’s known. It is most common in the United States today for a doctor to perform a cesarean section, rather that allow a woman with a breech baby to birth vaginally. This occurs for various reasons, including the medical establishment’s belief that there are more risks to vaginal breech births, and for legal liability reasons on the part of the doctors. The...
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Pain to Pleasure – The Bradley connection
Pain to pleasure in birth After listening to Debra Pascali-Bonaro’s presentation Pain to Pleasure During Birth [https://www.goldmidwifery.com/] , I was struck by how similar the recommendations were to what Dr. Robert Bradley was teaching over 60 years ago. I was pleased to see how much of this is already being taught in Bradley classes, and always has been. While he may not have ever talked about orgasm as a part of birth (I bet he would now :>), he did talk about privacy, darkness, solitude, quiet, relaxation, and intimate partner...
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